| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
54.15 |
0.9884 |
0.3409 |
262 |
2 |
49.15 |
2009-03-27 |
| 2. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
51.35 |
0.8615 |
0.3945 |
110 |
2 |
44.00 |
2009-02-15 |
| 3. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
49.83 |
0.8887 |
0.3440 |
128 |
1 |
49.83 |
2009-03-20 |
| 4. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
49.33 |
1.0385 |
0.1658 |
230 |
1 |
49.33 |
2009-03-22 |
| 5. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
48.84 |
0.9964 |
0.1974 |
203 |
3 |
42.62 |
2009-03-27 |
| 6. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
48.79 |
0.9171 |
0.2761 |
165 |
1 |
48.79 |
2009-02-14 |
| 7. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
48.62 |
1.0201 |
0.1723 |
375 |
1 |
48.62 |
2009-03-27 |
| 8. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
48.55 |
1.0666 |
0.1204 |
297 |
2 |
43.44 |
2009-03-27 |
| 9. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
48.49 |
1.0251 |
0.1581 |
261 |
2 |
48.44 |
2009-03-27 |
| 10. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
48.30 |
1.0214 |
0.1538 |
166 |
2 |
41.95 |
2009-03-20 |
| 11. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
48.21 |
1.1016 |
0.0765 |
233 |
1 |
48.21 |
2009-03-27 |
| 12. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
48.00 |
0.9109 |
0.2653 |
401 |
1 |
48.00 |
2009-03-27 |
| 13. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
47.98 |
1.0165 |
0.1600 |
392 |
1 |
47.98 |
2009-03-27 |
| 14. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.77 |
0.9740 |
0.1892 |
209 |
2 |
42.02 |
2009-03-20 |
| 15. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
47.74 |
1.0197 |
0.1442 |
226 |
1 |
47.74 |
2009-03-27 |
| 16. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
47.69 |
0.9213 |
0.2448 |
295 |
3 |
40.72 |
2009-03-27 |
| 17. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
47.46 |
1.1114 |
0.0455 |
247 |
1 |
47.46 |
2009-03-12 |
| 18. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
47.39 |
1.0799 |
0.0742 |
243 |
3 |
40.43 |
2009-03-27 |
| 19. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
47.34 |
0.9991 |
0.1584 |
225 |
2 |
41.59 |
2009-03-18 |
| 20. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
47.12 |
1.0462 |
0.0992 |
184 |
1 |
47.12 |
2009-03-20 |
| 21. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
47.03 |
1.0523 |
0.0926 |
256 |
3 |
40.98 |
2009-03-27 |
| 22. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
47.02 |
1.0788 |
0.0644 |
171 |
1 |
47.02 |
2009-02-16 |
| 23. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
46.59 |
1.0352 |
0.1056 |
341 |
1 |
46.59 |
2009-03-27 |
| 24. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
46.45 |
1.0426 |
0.0916 |
323 |
1 |
46.45 |
2009-03-27 |
| 25. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
46.37 |
0.9612 |
0.1719 |
256 |
1 |
46.37 |
2009-03-27 |
| 26. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
45.81 |
1.0787 |
0.0388 |
237 |
1 |
45.81 |
2009-03-20 |
| 27. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
45.66 |
0.9772 |
0.1348 |
217 |
2 |
43.39 |
2009-03-27 |
| 28. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
45.14 |
0.9843 |
0.1131 |
234 |
2 |
43.47 |
2009-03-12 |
| 29. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
45.08 |
1.0167 |
0.0913 |
378 |
1 |
45.08 |
2009-03-27 |
| 30. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
44.92 |
1.0183 |
0.0733 |
191 |
2 |
41.29 |
2009-05-25 |
| 31. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
44.55 |
1.0487 |
0.0341 |
231 |
1 |
44.55 |
2009-03-18 |
| 32. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
44.11 |
0.9776 |
0.0997 |
308 |
1 |
44.11 |
2009-02-16 |
| 33. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
43.98 |
1.0218 |
0.0490 |
268 |
3 |
38.68 |
2009-03-20 |
| 34. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
43.82 |
1.0429 |
0.0254 |
259 |
1 |
43.82 |
2009-03-12 |
| 35. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
43.76 |
0.9316 |
0.1430 |
287 |
1 |
43.76 |
2009-03-06 |
| 36. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
43.73 |
1.0767 |
-0.0113 |
212 |
1 |
43.73 |
2009-03-06 |
| 37. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
43.61 |
0.9884 |
0.0758 |
233 |
2 |
41.30 |
2009-03-20 |
| 38. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
43.48 |
0.9965 |
0.0603 |
168 |
1 |
43.48 |
2009-03-27 |
| 39. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
43.06 |
0.9863 |
0.0691 |
339 |
2 |
41.77 |
2009-03-27 |
| 40. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
42.87 |
0.9527 |
0.0939 |
251 |
1 |
42.87 |
2009-02-14 |
| 41. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
42.61 |
0.9805 |
0.0641 |
292 |
2 |
42.14 |
2009-03-20 |
| 42. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
42.52 |
0.9936 |
0.0440 |
311 |
2 |
40.25 |
2009-02-24 |
| 43. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
42.41 |
0.9893 |
0.0456 |
323 |
1 |
42.41 |
2009-03-06 |
| 44. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
42.23 |
0.8996 |
0.1254 |
192 |
1 |
42.23 |
2009-03-12 |
| 45. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
41.97 |
0.9540 |
0.0681 |
285 |
1 |
41.97 |
2009-03-20 |
| 46. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
41.88 |
0.9691 |
0.0522 |
223 |
1 |
41.88 |
2009-03-12 |
| 47. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
41.85 |
1.0168 |
0.0061 |
271 |
3 |
34.73 |
2009-03-18 |
| 48. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
41.82 |
0.8295 |
0.1928 |
209 |
2 |
37.92 |
2009-03-20 |
| 49. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
41.71 |
0.9309 |
0.0848 |
284 |
2 |
37.27 |
2009-02-27 |
| 50. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
41.60 |
1.0252 |
-0.0168 |
176 |
3 |
37.93 |
2009-03-12 |
| 51. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
41.44 |
0.9226 |
0.0947 |
348 |
1 |
41.44 |
2009-03-27 |
| 52. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
41.23 |
0.9910 |
0.0170 |
295 |
1 |
41.23 |
2009-03-26 |
| 53. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
41.12 |
0.9221 |
0.0797 |
244 |
2 |
41.11 |
2009-03-12 |
| 54. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
41.11 |
1.0714 |
-0.0777 |
129 |
1 |
41.11 |
2009-02-14 |
| 55. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
41.04 |
0.8788 |
0.1196 |
134 |
1 |
41.04 |
2009-03-20 |
| 56. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
40.97 |
0.8353 |
0.1714 |
283 |
1 |
40.97 |
2009-02-14 |
| 57. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
40.95 |
0.8941 |
0.1065 |
216 |
1 |
40.95 |
2009-03-12 |
| 58. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
40.94 |
0.9048 |
0.0983 |
271 |
2 |
40.04 |
2009-03-20 |
| 59. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
40.83 |
0.8573 |
0.1420 |
270 |
2 |
39.56 |
2009-03-20 |
| 60. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
40.57 |
0.9019 |
0.0931 |
204 |
2 |
37.93 |
2009-02-27 |
| 61. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
40.55 |
0.9005 |
0.0871 |
212 |
1 |
40.55 |
2009-02-24 |
| 62. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
40.54 |
0.9597 |
0.0331 |
347 |
1 |
40.54 |
2009-03-12 |
| 63. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
40.53 |
0.8852 |
0.1058 |
201 |
3 |
36.42 |
2009-03-20 |
| 64. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
40.45 |
1.0389 |
-0.0505 |
318 |
2 |
40.14 |
2009-02-19 |
| 65. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
40.42 |
0.8770 |
0.1121 |
300 |
3 |
40.02 |
2009-03-22 |
| 66. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
40.35 |
1.0331 |
-0.0513 |
234 |
1 |
40.35 |
2009-02-27 |
| 67. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
40.25 |
1.0203 |
-0.0353 |
261 |
1 |
40.25 |
2009-02-24 |
| 68. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
40.17 |
0.9795 |
0.0005 |
308 |
1 |
40.17 |
2009-03-20 |
| 69. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
40.03 |
1.0099 |
-0.0370 |
207 |
1 |
40.03 |
2009-02-15 |
| 70. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
39.96 |
1.0029 |
-0.0350 |
209 |
2 |
34.79 |
2009-03-12 |
| 71. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
39.86 |
0.9500 |
0.0240 |
362 |
1 |
39.86 |
2009-02-24 |
| 72. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
39.63 |
0.9293 |
0.0382 |
355 |
1 |
39.63 |
2009-05-25 |
| 73. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
39.54 |
0.9798 |
-0.0213 |
199 |
1 |
39.54 |
2009-02-15 |
| 74. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
39.39 |
0.8919 |
0.0671 |
205 |
2 |
32.89 |
2009-03-18 |
| 75. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
39.26 |
1.0131 |
-0.0598 |
225 |
2 |
38.48 |
2009-02-28 |
| 76. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
39.24 |
0.9164 |
0.0454 |
305 |
2 |
37.03 |
2009-03-12 |
| 77. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
39.03 |
1.0521 |
-0.1058 |
171 |
1 |
39.03 |
2009-02-16 |
| 78. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
38.96 |
0.8890 |
0.0571 |
199 |
3 |
34.17 |
2009-03-12 |
| 79. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
38.94 |
0.9339 |
0.0138 |
310 |
1 |
38.94 |
2009-02-24 |
| 80. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
38.79 |
0.9266 |
0.0188 |
267 |
1 |
38.79 |
2009-02-27 |
| 81. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
38.62 |
1.0034 |
-0.0633 |
302 |
2 |
36.95 |
2009-02-18 |
| 82. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
38.26 |
0.9636 |
-0.0315 |
254 |
1 |
38.26 |
2009-02-24 |
| 83. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
38.13 |
0.9986 |
-0.0688 |
283 |
1 |
38.13 |
2009-02-27 |
| 84. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
37.96 |
0.8154 |
0.1114 |
193 |
1 |
37.96 |
2009-03-20 |
| 85. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
37.74 |
0.9576 |
-0.0340 |
212 |
1 |
37.74 |
2009-02-15 |
| 86. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
37.68 |
0.9844 |
-0.0612 |
293 |
1 |
37.68 |
2009-02-15 |
| 87. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
37.58 |
0.8971 |
0.0237 |
266 |
1 |
37.58 |
2009-02-24 |
| 88. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
37.54 |
0.9286 |
-0.0150 |
194 |
1 |
37.54 |
2009-03-06 |
| 89. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
37.30 |
0.9485 |
-0.0381 |
236 |
2 |
36.12 |
2009-03-22 |
| 90. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
37.29 |
1.0261 |
-0.1197 |
273 |
1 |
37.29 |
2009-02-15 |
| 91. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
37.14 |
1.0297 |
-0.1263 |
249 |
1 |
37.14 |
2009-02-16 |
| 92. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
36.72 |
0.9897 |
-0.0978 |
274 |
1 |
36.72 |
2009-02-15 |
| 93. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
36.68 |
0.8722 |
0.0243 |
285 |
1 |
36.68 |
2009-02-15 |
| 94. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
36.55 |
0.8958 |
-0.0007 |
322 |
1 |
36.55 |
2009-03-20 |
| 95. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
36.33 |
0.9865 |
-0.1006 |
276 |
1 |
36.33 |
2009-03-06 |
| 96. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
36.30 |
0.9266 |
-0.0410 |
278 |
1 |
36.30 |
2009-02-14 |
| 97. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
36.27 |
1.0567 |
-0.1726 |
303 |
2 |
33.36 |
2009-02-16 |
| 98. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
36.19 |
0.9513 |
-0.0663 |
354 |
1 |
36.19 |
2009-02-27 |
| 99. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
36.08 |
0.9572 |
-0.0801 |
201 |
1 |
36.08 |
2009-02-16 |
| 100. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
35.81 |
0.9125 |
-0.0388 |
308 |
1 |
35.81 |
2009-02-26 |
| 101. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
35.79 |
0.8442 |
0.0312 |
265 |
1 |
35.79 |
2009-02-27 |
| 102. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
35.76 |
0.8951 |
-0.0220 |
193 |
1 |
35.76 |
2009-02-16 |
| 103. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
35.35 |
0.9168 |
-0.0547 |
240 |
2 |
34.61 |
2009-02-15 |
| 104. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
35.13 |
0.9084 |
-0.0516 |
300 |
1 |
35.13 |
2009-02-18 |
| 105. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
34.96 |
0.8653 |
-0.0031 |
255 |
1 |
34.96 |
2009-02-15 |
| 106. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
34.94 |
0.9758 |
-0.1247 |
314 |
1 |
34.94 |
2009-02-16 |
| 107. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
34.64 |
1.0419 |
-0.1992 |
261 |
1 |
34.64 |
2009-02-15 |
| 108. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
34.33 |
0.8153 |
0.0246 |
200 |
1 |
34.33 |
2009-02-16 |
| 109. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
34.09 |
1.0060 |
-0.1814 |
171 |
1 |
34.09 |
2010-03-15 |
| 110. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
34.09 |
1.0004 |
-0.1772 |
212 |
1 |
34.09 |
2009-02-15 |
| 111. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
33.79 |
1.0334 |
-0.2180 |
131 |
1 |
33.79 |
2009-02-16 |
| 112. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
33.28 |
1.0016 |
-0.1970 |
218 |
1 |
33.28 |
2009-02-16 |
| 113. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
32.87 |
0.9351 |
-0.1414 |
190 |
1 |
32.87 |
2009-02-15 |
| 114. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
32.74 |
0.9275 |
-0.1346 |
211 |
1 |
32.74 |
2009-02-15 |
| 115. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
32.53 |
0.9907 |
-0.2013 |
211 |
1 |
32.53 |
2009-02-16 |
| 116. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
32.45 |
0.8878 |
-0.0991 |
346 |
1 |
32.45 |
2009-02-16 |
| 117. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
32.05 |
0.8553 |
-0.0813 |
174 |
1 |
32.05 |
2009-03-20 |
| 118. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
31.74 |
0.9281 |
-0.1521 |
273 |
1 |
31.74 |
2009-02-15 |
| 119. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
31.60 |
1.0390 |
-0.2750 |
205 |
1 |
31.60 |
2009-02-14 |
| 120. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
31.12 |
1.0441 |
-0.2869 |
252 |
1 |
31.12 |
2009-02-14 |
| 121. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
31.04 |
0.9697 |
-0.2157 |
249 |
1 |
31.04 |
2009-02-15 |
| 122. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
29.49 |
0.9866 |
-0.2744 |
218 |
1 |
29.49 |
2009-02-16 |
| 123. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
29.39 |
0.8595 |
-0.1440 |
242 |
1 |
29.39 |
2009-02-15 |
| 124. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
28.58 |
0.8961 |
-0.2063 |
189 |
1 |
28.58 |
2009-02-15 |
| 125. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
27.20 |
1.0417 |
-0.3854 |
253 |
1 |
27.20 |
2009-02-27 |